Dr. Buterbaugh is the President of the Hand & UpperEx Center and the Executive Director of the Western PA Surgery
Center. A Pittsburgh native, he received his Medical Degree at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1979, and proceeded on to Syracuse, New York where he completed
his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1984. He was Fellowship trained in Hand
and Microvascular Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Buterbaugh has been in private practice since 1985 and is
on the medical staff at UPMC Passavant, UPMC Presbyterian, Children's Hospital
of Pittsburgh, Mercy Hospital, UPMC St. Margaret, UPMC Passavant/Cranberry, and Allegheny General Hospital. His current academic
appointment is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

His various professional commitments include Chairman,
Orthopaedic Product Standardization Committee, Allegheny General Hospital
1994-1995; member of the Orthopaedic Review Journal Editorial Board from
1991-1995; and Chief of Orthopaedics at UPMC Passavant from 1996-1998. He also
serves as the Hand Consultant for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh
Penguins.

Dr. Buterbaugh serves as a member of the Three Rivers
Workforce Investment Board and a member of the Board of Directors at Sewickley
Academy.